Brake beam safety support



March 24, 1953 c. J. ANDERSON ETAL 2,632,531

BRAKE BEAM SAFETY SUPPORT I Filed Feb. 27, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 3 lllllll or C r J.A-nderson Wi tam J.Mil1er d William Jansky G ttttt xcgs March 24, 195 3 c. J. ANDERSON ET AL 2,632,531

BRAKE BEAM SAFETY SUPPORT Filed Feb. 27, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Z4 Z7 2 32 F165 2'2 Bmaentor Carl J. Anderson William J.Mi11zr 5g d. William Janskg Gttorncgs Patented Mar. 24, 1953 STATES Carl J. Anderson, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and

William J. Miller, North Platte, and William Jansky, Omaha, Nebr.

Application February 27, 1951, Serial no. 212,902 r This invention relates to an improved brake rigging safety support for railway trucks. Specifically it is concerned with a single safety support which acts to maintain both the brake beams and the brake head and shoe assembly clear of the roadbed should a failure occur in either the brake beams or the brake hanger or both.

An important advantage afforded by the invention is that the safety support is mounted between the brake shoe and brake head and is secured in place by the brake shoe key which is used to hold those parts in assembled relation. This results in elimination of the necessity of providing the truck frame casting with extra strap hangers or integral supporting lugs. The

safety support may be installed and removed easily without having to disassemble the truck.

The invention will be described, having reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective view showing the assembled relationship of the novel safety support and the truck frame.

Fig. 2 is a side view corresponding to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a face view of the novel safety support.

Fig. 4 is an end view corresponding to Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

The side frame ll of the car truck is provided with a hanger bracket l2 which supports a brake hanger |3. A conventional brake head I4 is carried at the lower end of the hanger l3. A brake shoe I5 is releasably secured to the brake head M by means of the key l6. Brake beam compression member I1 and tension member l8 are secured to the brake head l4. These members H and I8 move the brake shoe l5 into and out of contact with the wheel 20 and are actuated by any conventional type of brake rigging, not shown. A safety support I9 is retained between the brake head I 4 and brake shoe 7 l5 as will be more fully described.

The safety support 9 comprises a central porjections 22 and 23. The portion 2| is provided with an openin 24 which is bounded by plane surfaces 21 and 28 and a curved lower boundary surface'29. The surface 29 is shaped to conform to the interval between the projecting lugs 25 on the brake head l4. A keyway 26 is formed in the portion 2| and receives the key l6 when the brake shoe l5 and safety support l9 are assembled on the brake head I4.

The projection 22 comprises a web 3| and an inclined wear surface 32. This projection 22 extends laterallyoutward through an opening 33 2- Claims. (01. 188-210) s in the side frame I The projection 23 includes a web 34 and has formed at the outer end thereof a sleeve 35. A bolt 36 is arranged to pass through the sleeve 35, and carries at its lower end a clip 31, which is retained by a nut 38. The clip 31 is provided with upturned ears 39 and 4| which engage the beams I1 and IS. The central portion of the clip 37 is thick enough to prevent its tilting relatively to the bolt 36, whereby a relatively rigid support assembly is afforded.

The safety support 9, after removal of the brake shoe I5, is placed against the brake head l4 so that the surface 29 engages the brake head l5 in the interval between the projections 25.

The brake shoe I5 is then replaced and the key |6 inserted. The insertion of the key l6 serves to secure the parts in assembled relation and, by its cooperation with the keyway 26, serves to secure the support l9 against lateral motion.

A shown in Fig. 1 the projection 22 extends outwardly through the openin 33, while the projection 23 extends inward. After the support has been keyed in place, the clip '31 is put in place engaging the members I! and I8 and is bolted to the end of projection 23.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, it will be readily apparent that if the brake hanger l3 should fail, the brake head, brake shoe and beam assembly would fall downward. This downward motion would be arrested by engagement of the wear surface 32 with the side frame II. It will also be apparent that should the brake beams l1 and I8 fail at a point intermediate the clip 31 and the brake head I 4, downward motion of the free ends thereof would be prevented by the clip 31.

Simultaneous occurrence of the above described failures is also protected against because the support IS, the beams l1 and I8, clip 31 and bolt 36 form a relatively rigid structure, and downward motion of this structure is arrested by engagement of the projection 22 and the side frame II.

A preferred form of the invention has been described in detail. However, no limitation to this precise form is implied except as is stated in the annexed claims.

projection; and a member interconnecting said beam assembly and said projection, and serving to support said beam assembly should a failure occur in said beam assembly between the points of attachment of said beam assembly to said member and to said brake head.

2. In combination with a car truck having a side frame; gaibraken hanger depending 'from said truck; a. brake head carried by 'said hanger; a brake .shoe carried by said head; a brake beam assembly secured to said head; a unitary supporting structure retained between said :brake head and said brake shoe said structure comprising oppositely directed lateral projections, one oflsaid projections extending outward -through an opening invsaid side frame and the other extending inward, and means interconnecting *the inward extending projection and said beam assembly, said structure serving to support said brakehead and said beam assemblytif failure of said hanger 'CA'RL J. ANDERSON. MILLER. WILLIAIVI JANSKY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fiile :of this atent:

:UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 'Shafer Aug. 22, 1933 Busse Oct. 1, 1940 Nelsen Jan. 31, 1950 Number 

